Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the Healthy Food Diversity (HFD)-Index and energy-adjusted intake of macro- and micronutrients, dietary fibre and cholesterol across the tertiles of the HFD-Index among 10,551 men and 16,080 women from the EPIC-Potsdam study population at baseline.
From: Healthy food diversity and the risk of major chronic diseases in the EPIC-Potsdam study
Characteristic | Total | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tertile 1 | Tertile 2 | Tertile 3 | Tertile 1 | Tertile 2 | Tertile 3 | ||
Number | 26,591 | 3502 | 3504 | 3505 | 5359 | 5361 | 5360 |
HFD-Index and its components | |||||||
HFD-Index [mean (SD)] | 0.49 (0.10) | 0.35 (0.05) | 0.46 (0.02) | 0.56 (0.05) | 0.41 (0.06) | 0.52 (0.02) | 0.61 (0.04) |
Berry-Index | 0.95 (0.93, 0.96) | 0.94 (0.91, 0.95) | 0.95 (0.94, 0.96) | 0.95 (0.93, 0.96) | 0.95 (0.92, 0.96) | 0.96 (0.94, 0.96) | 0.95 (0.93, 0.96) |
Health Value [mean (SD)] | 0.52 (0.10) | 0.38 (0.05) | 0.48 (0.03) | 0.60 (0.06) | 0.44 (0.05) | 0.55 (0.03) | 0.65 (0.06) |
Energy intake (kcal/day) | |||||||
Total energy [mean (SD)] | 2115 (666) | 2608 (747) | 2406 (636) | 2272 (630) | 2039 (627) | 1889 (522) | 1800 (508) |
Nutrient intake (per 1000 kcal) | |||||||
Total protein (g/d) | 36 (32, 40) | 36 (32, 39) | 36 (33, 40) | 35 (32, 39) | 36 (33, 40) | 36 (33, 40) | 35 (32, 39) |
Total fat (g/d) | 39 (35, 43) | 40 (36, 45) | 39 (35, 43) | 37 (33, 41) | 41 (37, 45) | 40 (36, 43) | 37 (33, 41) |
Saturated fatty acids (g/d) | 16 (14, 18) | 17 (14, 19) | 16 (14, 18) | 14 (12, 16) | 17 (15, 19) | 16 (14, 18) | 15 (13, 16) |
MUFA (g/d) | 13 (12, 15) | 14 (12, 16) | 14 (12, 15) | 13 (11, 14) | 14 (13, 15) | 13 (12, 15) | 13 (11, 14) |
PUFA (g/d) | 7 (6, 8) | 6 (5, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (5, 8) | 7 (6, 8) | 7 (6, 8) |
Cholesterol (mg/d) | 142 (121, 165) | 149 (127, 172) | 144 (124, 164) | 132 (113, 153) | 151 (131, 174) | 145 (125, 167) | 132 (111, 153) |
Total carbohydrates (g/d) | 112 (101, 122) | 105 (95, 116) | 106 (96, 116) | 112 (101, 122) | 112 (102, 121) | 113 (104, 122) | 119 (109, 129) |
Disaccharides (g/d) | 33 (25, 42) | 29 (22, 38) | 28 (22, 36) | 30 (23, 38) | 37 (28, 46) | 35 (28, 42) | 36 (29, 44) |
Dietary fibre (g/d) | 11 (9, 12) | 9 (8, 10) | 10 (9, 11) | 11 (9, 12) | 10 (9, 11) | 11 (9, 13) | 12 (11, 15) |
Calcium (mg/d) | 368 (297, 454) | 310 (245, 404) | 315 (259, 392) | 323 (270, 389) | 406 (325, 518) | 398 (331, 476) | 396 (334, 469) |
Magnesium (mg/d) | 159 (145, 175) | 146 (134, 160) | 154 (143, 167) | 163 (151, 177) | 152 (139, 168) | 160 (147, 175) | 171 (157, 188) |
Vitamin A (mg/d) | 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) | 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) | 0.7 (0.5, 0.8) | 0.7 (0.5, 0.8) | 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) | 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) | 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) |
Total folate (mg/d) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) |
Vitamin C (mg/d) | 56 (42, 75) | 33 (27, 40) | 45 (38, 53) | 64 (53, 79) | 47 (38, 56) | 63 (54, 74) | 88 (74, 107) |
Vitamin E (mg/d) | 5.5 (4.8, 6.3) | 4.6 (4.0, 5.4) | 5.1 (4.5, 5.8) | 5.5 (4.9, 6.3) | 5.3 (4.6, 6.0) | 5.8 (5.1, 6.5) | 6.2 (5.5, 7.1) |
Supplementation (yes, %) | |||||||
Mineral supplementation | 11.9 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 15.9 |
Vitamin supplementation | 17.1 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 20.0 |
